Top Ten Tuesday (#91) (5/12/15) Ten Authors I REALLY Want To Meet

5/12/2015

I am so blessed, in that I have been fortunate enough to meet a ton of authors. Being a librarian, I get to attend ALA for work, and I am able to sneak down to the exhibit hall floor to meet tons of authors that are signing. I've also been to BEA, which is an author extravaganza, and I live in a major metropolitan area, so lots of authors come here on tour, so I get to meet them at book signings. If meeting authors is your thing, I really suggest BEA. It's kind of rushed, so you don't get to talk to them very long, but it really gives you a chance to tell them how much you love their work, plus you get to meet a bunch of debut authors. Even with the number of authors I've met, there are a few that I still can't wait to meet.

I had a chance to meet her in November, and I MISSED IT. I was so upset. She was at NCTE last year, and I was late getting to the conference, and by time I got there they had cut the line off. I really hope I do get to meet her at some point.

I may get my chance to meet her this year. She'll be at ALA since she won the Printz and they will have a ceremony for her. I hope she will be doing a signing in the exhibit hall as well. I will take a break from being in session to get a chance to meet her.

I want to meet her because she's JUDY FRICKIN' BLUME. I mean, come on. She's such a huge part of my childhood and teen years. I don't know what my life would have been like without her books to help get me through some really weird times.

JKR totally made the top of my list too, she's basically 'THE dream' for me :D John Green is another good one, I still need to read something by him (can you imagine?) but he seems really cool. I hope you get to meet all of these authors soon^^ x

JK Rowling was on my list too! You're so lucky to be able to go to all these things, we get quite a few authors on tour in the UK but nothing like BEA or ALA. My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/top-ten-tuesday-4/